A majoritarian agenda will make India vulnerable to hostile forces

Those leading the current political dispensation must recognise the enormous risks that their divisive policies are creating for the national security and well being of the country

The brutal violence unleashed against students and faculty of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on January 5 by storm troopers, whose masked faces did nothing to hide their political and ideological affiliations, was a calculated message to academic institutions, civil society and minorities, that they would be bludgeoned into submission if they dare to resist the reconstruction of the Indian state and society in accordance with a majoritarian blueprint. What we saw unfold at JNU was a continuation of the bloodstained saga that began at Jamia Milia Islamia, spread to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and then enveloped the state of Uttar